r/canadaguns • u/necepticon • Sep 17 '22

GSG 1911 Question about issues

I picked up a GSG 1911 .22LR and I'm having some issues with it. I'm a newbie so I just wanted to know what people thought. I field stripped it and cleaned it, and lubed it up and took it to the range.

Accuracy was great but cycling was really bad. Most of the time it wouldn't eject the casing, and if it did eject the casing, half the time it would get stuck in the ejection port.

Also, most of the time it wouldn't load the next round into the chamber. So I ended up having to pull the slide back after almost every shot.

Could it be the ammunition I was using? (CCI Clean-22, 40 Grain, 1235FPS. High Velocity Poly-Coated red & green round nose)

Is it because it was my first time with this new gun and it needs to be broken in?

Do I need more lube in it maybe?

Help!

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u/HaydenMackay Sep 17 '22

Take it to a gunsmith who knows 1911s. I would be surprised if the first thing they do is try polish something. Probably needs some tweaking and fitting of the extractor. And probably some other things. 1911s are old guns. They almost always need a substantial amount of hand fitting and tweaking to work. And every time you change any single part of it. It will probably need more gunsmithing and fitting and tweaking

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u/Beretta_errata removeddit pro Sep 17 '22

Take it to a gunsmith who knows 1911s

But it's not a 1911, it just looks like one on the outside.
It's direct blowback with a fixed barrel.

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u/HaydenMackay Sep 17 '22

Ahh. We dont really get them where im from. I just saw 1911 and know the ball ache they can be to get working. Thanks

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u/Beretta_errata removeddit pro Sep 18 '22

You don't get German Sports Gun in Canada? Your Canada? Weird.

Anyways, pretty much any 22LR version of a tacticool pistol or rifle will be direct blowback because a 22 doesn't have enough power for a more complex mechanism.

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u/HaydenMackay Sep 18 '22

My canada is called South Africa

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u/Beretta_errata removeddit pro Sep 18 '22

Welcome to /r/canadaguns

Did you bring your Vektor?
Wikus is the sweetie man!

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u/HaydenMackay Sep 18 '22

I came here originally because its basically only you and us that gets norinco firearms. Was looking for advice on some

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u/Beretta_errata removeddit pro Sep 18 '22 edited Sep 18 '22

👍👍

Now about half their product line will not be available here.